The People's Climate March May Have Been Huge, But It Wasn't 'Historic'

September 22, 2014 11:10 PM

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There are no strict guidelines determining what events get to be "historic" in advance of histories being told, but few dates are rightly imbued with that kind of infamy or glory in their present time. And September 21, 2014, should not be among those dates.

But before the People's Climate March drew to a close on Sunday, activist groups and media outlets were already proclaiming the rally to be "historic." Organizers could fairly call the event, which reportedly drew more than 300,000 people into the streets on Manhattan, the largest march in protest o...